Caption

On 12 August 1765 in Benares, Shah Alam II conferred the role of diwan (tax collector) of Bengal, Behar and Orissa on Lord Robert Clive. This charter made the East India Company the true sovereign ruler of thirty million people and generated revenues totalling four million pounds sterling, digital reproduction of a historical model

Date

18th century

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B49_189

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

99,1Mb (13,6Mb) / 16,0in x 24,0in / 4810 x 7200 (300dpi)

Keywords

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